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Monday, February 09, 2009
Janet M. LaRue :: Townhall.com Columnist
Pornography Advocate at DOJ?
by Janet M. LaRue
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It's been a taxing two weeks for President Obama and his nominees. And there's another nominee with bigger disqualifiers than unpaid taxes.

Imagine. A veteran pornography defense attorney takes a top spot at the agency charged with enforcing the nation's child pornography and obscenity laws.

And that's what will happen if David G. Ogden is confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the nation's top law enforcement agency.

Who's next?

Jack Kevorkian as Surgeon General?

Jane Fonda as Deputy Secretary of Veteran's Affairs?

Sandy Berger, custodian of classified documents at the National Archives?

Pat Trueman, former chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section at DOJ says, "We've seen both on adult pornography and on child pornography, [Ogden] is not with us. … Certainly, he reflects President Obama on Obama's positions on pornography, homosexuality and abortion."

"For the adult entertainment industry, the pick could constitute a strong one, considering Ogden's record in representing companies over First Amendment rights and obscenity cases," according to Rhett Pardon of XBIZ.com.

Brian Burch, president of Fidelis, has issued an outstanding memo documenting Ogden's porn advocacy, which includes:

Opposed the Children's Internet Protection Act, which required federally-funded libraries to utilize Internet filters.

Challenged the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988 and the Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990. Ogden argued that requiring porn producers to personally verify that their models were over age 18 would "burden too heavily and infringe too deeply on the right to produce First Amendment-protected material." Continued...

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Jan LaRue is Senior Legal Analyst with the American Civil Rights Union; former Chief Counsel at Concerned for Women; Legal Studies Director at Family Research Council; and Senior Counsel for the National Law Center for Children and Families. Be the first to read Janet LaRue's column. Sign up today and receive Townhall.com delivered each morning to your inbox.
Michael W./Justin

Correction on the date of my posting about this nation's so-called judges: TH 3/4

Justin
One more thing that I wanted to say about your last post is that the Lord God's gorgeous, inscrutable, magical black/white world IS simple. One of the reasons why we'll never, ever understand all of life's mysteries (there's nothing left for us to uncover -- the MIND? THOUGHT? THAT'LL be the day), is that the Lord's creation is extremely complex, as you well know. It is also all an ILLUSION, as I already explained.

But as far as our human physical existence, the Lord God gave us the rules, so that life can have predictability, advantage, enjoyment. When we disobey His rules, life becomes UNpredictable, DISadvantageous and UNenjoyable. The fleeting enjoyment that a man or woman will experience through disobeying God's Law WILL BE MET LATER with emotional and physical chaos and devastation. It doesn't pay to disobey God.

I say that in allusion to your comment about you being jealous of my simple life/outlook on life. But Justin, thanks to all the extremely confused people in this world, THE WORLD IS ANYTHING BUT simple. Man has exponentially complicated what was SUPPOSED to be a considerably simpler existence. We're ALL suffering for it, good and evil ones alike.

I was once an atheist...for about a week, until I thought the matter through thoroughly. I don't have to "reconsider" my views on the intelligence of servicepeople, because I know that you guys are intelligent (and pretty responsible, too). But I challenge YOU to bow your head down to God and ask Him to give you signs and clear guidance. I'm impressed by your intelligence and sensitivity. And last, as I point out in Ann Coulter's "Plastic Ivy" article of yesterday, so-called education is HIGHLY overrated. You won't hear ME knock you because you haven't graduated or don't have an M.D. But I'll knock ya for lacking common sense!
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